| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Arunah Shepherdson Abell |
Publisher |
10-Aug-1806 |
19-Aug-1888 |
The Baltimore Sun |
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Caesar Augustus |
Royalty |
23-Sep-63 BC |
19-Aug-14 AD |
Roman Emperor, 23 BC to 14 AD |
| Hermione Baddeley |
Actor |
13-Nov-1906 |
19-Aug-1986 |
Brighton Rock |
| Spencer Fullerton Baird |
Naturalist |
3-Feb-1823 |
19-Aug-1887 |
History of North American Birds |
| Michael Been |
Singer |
1950 |
19-Aug-2010 |
Frontman for The Call |
| Thomas Bilney |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
19-Aug-1531 |
English martyr, influenced Latimer |
| Jeremiah S. Black |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1810 |
19-Aug-1883 |
US Attorney General, 1857-60 |
| Adolphe-William Bouguereau |
Painter |
30-Nov-1835 |
19-Aug-1905 |
The Abduction of Psyche |
| Daniel Brewster |
Politician |
23-Nov-1923 |
19-Aug-2007 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
| Usher L. Burdick |
Politician |
21-Feb-1879 |
19-Aug-1960 |
Congressman from North Dakota |
| Dorsey Burnette |
Musician |
28-Dec-1932 |
19-Aug-1979 |
The Rock 'n Roll Trio |
| Ahna Capri |
Actor |
6-Jul-1944 |
19-Aug-2010 |
Enter the Dragon |
| Andrea del Castagno |
Painter |
c. 1400 |
19-Aug-1457 |
Florentine painter |
| Alvan Clark |
Astronomer |
8-Mar-1804 |
19-Aug-1887 |
Telescope maker |
| Rodger P. Davies |
Diplomat |
7-May-1921 |
19-Aug-1974 |
US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 |
| Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre |
Astronomer |
19-Sep-1749 |
19-Aug-1822 |
Histoire de l'Astronomie |
| Otto Frank |
Relative |
12-May-1889 |
19-Aug-1980 |
Father of Anne Frank |
| George Gamow |
Physicist |
4-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
| Hugo Gernsback |
Author |
16-Aug-1884 |
19-Aug-1967 |
Founded Amazing Stories in 1926 |
| Richard Burdon Haldane |
Government |
30-Jul-1856 |
19-Aug-1928 |
Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924 |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
19-Aug-2009 |
60 Minutes creator |
| Edgar W. Hiestand |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
19-Aug-1970 |
Congressman from California, 1953-63 |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Jessie Matthews |
Actor |
11-Mar-1907 |
19-Aug-1981 |
English stage and radio actress |
| George Meeker |
Actor |
5-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1984 |
History Is Made at Night |
| Sergio de Mello |
Government |
15-Mar-1948 |
19-Aug-2003 |
UN Representative to Iraq killed by carbomb |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Levy Mwanawasa |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1948 |
19-Aug-2008 |
President of Zambia, 2002-08 |
| Albert Jay Nock |
Author |
13-Oct-1870 |
19-Aug-1945 |
Memoirs of a Superfluous Man |
| Andrea Palladio |
Architect |
30-Nov-1518 |
19-Aug-1580 |
The Four Books of Architecture |
| Blaise Pascal |
Mathematician |
19-Jun-1623 |
19-Aug-1662 |
French thinker and mathematician |
| Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
Scientist and peacenik |
| Hayden Rorke |
Actor |
23-Oct-1910 |
19-Aug-1987 |
Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Pierre Schaeffer |
Electronic Musician |
14-Aug-1910 |
19-Aug-1995 |
Inventor of musique concrète |
| Tony Scott |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1944 |
19-Aug-2012 |
Top Gun |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| Pope Sixtus III |
Religion |
? |
19-Aug-440 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 432-40 |
| William Strong |
Judge |
6-May-1808 |
19-Aug-1895 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1870-80 |
| James Watt |
Inventor |
19-Jan-1736 |
19-Aug-1819 |
Invented modern steam engine |
